Snakes primarily bite in self-defense, often due to fear, hunger, or stress from poor handling. However, some species, ...

New Jersey is home to many snakes, one in particular has a weird defense mechanism. This peculiar snake plays dead like an opossum as a defense mechanism. The internet has dubbed this snake as the ...

WASHINGTON— In a legal victory for the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agreed today to consider granting Endangered Species Act protections to the southern hognose ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to gain Endangered Species Act protection for southern hognose snakes in Florida, Georgia and the ...

It’s been seen in a wide variety of vertebrates and invertebrates. Hognose snake: To make their fake death throes as convincing as possible, hognose snakes of the North American genus Heterodon ...